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Quarreling is like cutting water with a sword.
Quarreling is like cutting water with a sword.
The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.
The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.
In quarreling the truth is always lost
In quarreling the truth is always lost
The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.
The quarrels of lovers are the renewal of love.
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
I against my brother I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors, all read more
I against my brother I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors, all of us against the foreigner.
I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; read more
I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for my content-sake, give it.
I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.
I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.
The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war read more
The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war to follow between Princes.